HB1410 - Relating to prohibiting the confinement of inmates by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in facilities operated by private vendors.

  89R5162 BCH-D     By: Meza H.B. No. 1410       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to prohibiting the confinement of inmates by the Texas   Department of Criminal Justice in facilities operated by private   vendors.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 493, Government Code, is amended by   adding Section 493.036 to read as follows:           Sec.   493.036.     HOUSING IN PRIVATE FACILITY PROHIBITED. (a)   Notwithstanding any other law and except as provided by Subsection   (b), the department may not house or confine in a facility owned,   operated, or managed by a private vendor, including on a temporary   basis:                 (1)     an inmate sentenced to imprisonment in the   department;                 (2)  an inmate described by Section 507.002; or                 (3)  a person described by Section 493.009(a).           (b)     Subsection (a) does not apply to a residential   correctional facility as defined by Section 508.157.          SECTION 2.  Subchapter A, Chapter 495, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 495.0011 to read as follows:           Sec.   495.0011.     CERTAIN CONTRACTS PROHIBITED. (a)   Notwithstanding any other law and except as provided by Subsection   (b), the board may not enter into a contract under which an inmate   sentenced to imprisonment in the department, an inmate described by   Section 507.002, or a person described by Section 493.009(a) will   be housed or confined in a facility owned, operated, or managed by a   private vendor.           (b)     Subsection (a) does not apply to a contract relating to   a residential correctional facility as defined by Section 508.157.          SECTION 3.  Section 493.036, Government Code, as added by   this Act, applies to the housing or confinement of a person   described by that section on or after the effective date of this   Act, regardless of whether the offense for which the person is   housed or confined occurred before, on, or after the effective date   of this Act.          SECTION 4.  Section 495.0011, Government Code, as added by   this Act, applies to a contract entered into or renewed on or after   the effective date of this Act.  A contract entered into or renewed   before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in   effect on the date the contract was entered into or renewed, and the   former law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.